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Morrisville State College to Present Tragic Play, Macbeth

10/24/2007

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. —The Morrisville State College Theatre Department and the Student Government Organization (SGO) will present the play, Macbeth, Oct. 26-28 and Nov. 1-3, in the Little Theatre of the John W. Stewart Center for Student Activities (STUAC) on the Morrisville State College campus.

Macbeth, among the best known of William Shakespeare’s plays, is a tragedy about the dangers of the lust for power and betrayal of friends—the story of a man, urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy, to commit regicide in order to gain power.

Show times are 8 p.m. Oct. 26, 27, Nov. 1-3 and 2 p.m. Oct. 28.

Tickets are on sale now from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays in STUAC. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. General admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students. The box office number is 684-6126.

Considered to be one of the most technologically advanced colleges in the nation for its ThinkPad University program and wireless technology initiative, the college recently became the first in the nation to comprehensively replace landlines in residence halls with individual cellular phones. Morrisville State College was also chosen as one of the top five colleges in the nation for campus activities by Campus Activities magazine.

The Morrisville State College Norwich Campus offers associate degree programs in accounting, business, computer systems technology, office administration, liberal arts transfer, nursing, early childhood, criminal justice and human services to south central New York residents and employers. Students may also apply coursework to other associate or bachelor degrees at the main campus.